06/17/2026
Have you ever waited so long for something that you stopped expecting it to happen?
That is where Sarah found herself in our message this past Sunday. After years of waiting, years of disappointment, and years of wondering if God’s promise would ever come true, she laughed when she heard that she would have a child. It wasn’t the laughter of joy, it was the laughter of someone who had learned not to get her hopes up.
Yet God met Sarah in that place of doubt and weariness with a simple question:
“Is anything too wonderful for the Lord?” (Genesis 18:14)
Sometimes life teaches us to lower our expectations. We stop praying certain prayers. We stop dreaming certain dreams. We stop believing that healing, reconciliation, growth, or new beginnings are possible.
But the good news of the gospel is that God’s faithfulness does not depend on our certainty. God keeps working even when we cannot see it. God keeps showing up even when we have stopped expecting it.
This week, consider: Where have you given up hope? And what might God still be doing there?
Grace and peace,
Brother Jesse